Editing Tina Arena (section)

===Music industry politics===
Arena has been a supporter of female artists in the music industry, particularly celebrating the long-term careers of mature women artists. Arena believes we should embrace and celebrate ageing and not fall victim to [[ageism]]—especially in the music industry where mature women are not seen as viable or relevant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balancebydeborahhutton.com.au/belief-women-over-50-viable-music-industry/|title=Tina Arena believes in viability of women over 50|date=29 April 2016|website=Balancebydeborahhutton.com.au|access-date=5 August 2017|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805220518/https://balancebydeborahhutton.com.au/belief-women-over-50-viable-music-industry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

To the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'', Arena described herself as somebody with "certain points on the board"—someone who has been "tenacious, resilient, hung around for a long time" and "done everything in their power to hone their craft". It is from the place—as one of Australia's great musical dames—that she makes abrasive critiques of what constitutes a career in music today. "I've struggled with the phantasmal aspect that has been a part of what we do" she says. "The fact that it has been really glamourised, glorified, also dumbed down as well." Thus, she argues that the music industry has been peddling shoddy wares, saying "It's a business template they've used. They've told people that you can be a star and sold that dream to everybody. I think it's been a huge irresponsibility".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/24/tina-arena-i-didnt-want-to-be-ignored-just-because-i-was-female|title=Tina Arena: I didn't want to be ignored just because I was female|first=Monica|last=Tan|date=23 November 2015|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In December 2016, in the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' video series ''Her Sound, Her Story: Tina Arena'', she discusses how the music industry squanders women as both they and their careers mature. "You've got to give me a really damn good reason why somebody, who is in the prime of their career and are doing really good work, why on earth they should stop? Are you going to tell a male who is at the top of his game in whatever domain, that he needs to step down and retire?". Speaking to series creators Michelle Grace Hunder and Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore, Arena goes on to talk about the importance of female solidarity, mentioning how competition between women can be (and has been) dismantled by supportive relationships and encouragement of other women. Arena says "Get out of the ring. Take your boxing gloves off. Be convinced in the argument of your thoughts and your dreams."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstoneaus.com/music/post/her-sound-her-story-tina-arena/5271|title=Rolling Stone Australia – Her Sound, Her Story: Tina Arena|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116165916/http://rollingstoneaus.com/music/post/her-sound-her-story-tina-arena/5271|archive-date=16 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>